Ever had one (or even two) of those days?

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Life, the Internet and Helium are conspiring against me to thwart my ambition to become one of the most read and best paid writers on the Web. No, this is not paranoia induced by drinking too much vodka. In fact, you can never have too much vodka, but I digress. Wednesday was a good writing day. I wrote 3 articles to HMP and earned $18 from upfronts and transitions, as well as a boost in page views due to several of my articles featuring on channel Front Pages. Thursday was not so good. The engineers were working to improve our Internet connection speed, and the service was sporadic all day. I only managed to research and write one article, but again, it was a high paying title, so I wasn't too worried, and I caught up on some other sites I'd been neglecting. Today, (Friday) I got up to find that yesterday's single article had earned $8 for me, but more importantly, my Internet connection was the fastest it's been in months. I found a nice $8 title to write to in HMP, and all was well with my world. Until I tried to post the finished article, when I discovered that Helium was down for maintenance. I couldn't even get into HMP to find a title I could write to while I was waiting for Helium to be back in full swing. That was around three hours ago, and the site is still down. 'Never mind,' I thought, 'I can access the site on read-only mode, so perhaps I can find a non-HMP title I can write to while I wait.' Only I can't, because all I can get is the Front Page and Help Pages. I've kept the whole day clear for writing, and I have a pulled calf muscle, which means I can sit at the computer all day without feeling guilty about other tasks I'm neglecting. Everything seems to be against me. Have you ever had one - or more - of those days? And did you make up for the lost time? I'm hoping I can, as it's a shorter month this month, and I'm already behind with my writing because of Internet problems.